Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Thailand
November 15, 2021
Hello,
Today Jenjira and I visited Wat Khao Chan Ngam - the Temple on the Beautiful Moon Mountain. We also hiked up the mountain along the Khorat Geopark trail.
Come climb with us.
Jan
Jomtien Beach
Chonburi Province
Thailand
October 31, 2020
Jenjira and I celebrate Loi Krathong festival with our friends Dan and Anna.
We float our kratongs in the sea, enjoy the festivities and continue our colorful evening at an all-you-can-eat cook-it-yourself fish and seafood buffet.
A few days later, Jenjira and I climb the steep dragon-protected steps to visit and pay our respects at the Wat Phra Yai complex, also known in Pattaya as The Big Buddha. The seated Buddha rises over us at eighteen meters or fifty-nine feet.
Please click on the links for more information.
Bangkok
Thailand
Wednesday
April 1, 2020
Hello,
New Travel Plans?
New Travel Plans!
At last once a week I receive a notice from the United States State Department that advises me to, “Reconsider International Travel.”
Reconsider? How do I “reconsider” when I am addicted?
There are two areas of the world that are still blank on my “personal travel map.”
I have not yet ventured south of the Sahara to Black Africa.
I have not yet sailed to the South Pacific.
And despite my many travels I know very little about the natural world. I can identify quartz and granite and limestone. I know the difference between a palm tree and a pine tree. A pigeon and a peacock. That’s it.
Where can I go to complete my map and also add to my knowledge at the same time?
Jomtien Beach
Thailand
November 11, 2022
Sunny and Warm
Hello,
This past Monday I was a speaker at the Bangkok International Travelers Meetup. I chose to speak about my February 2020 journey through the Western Desert of Egypt.
At the meetup I spoke for about an hour and shared many photos and several videos.
Today I have posted a small selection of about thirty of my favorite images and videos.
Gezira El Bairat, Al Ramla
Luxor, Egypt
March 9, 2020
Hello,
Here in the town of Gezira El Bairat, on the west bank of the Nile, the modest El Masala Hotel provides a simple and comfortable guest room with a balcony overlooking the Nile. The staff is friendly and accommodating. Breakfast is served at the open-air rooftop restaurant with a sweeping view of the river and the river traffic.
Kareem, the owner of the hotel, is determined that my week’s stay in Luxor will be both active and restful. He drives me around town. He helps me to book drivers for my tours. Kareem invites me to his home for lunch where I meet his wife and children.
